Cinnamon Travel Bloggers Conference and awards 2016 to host award winning travel bloggers
View(s):Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts together with SriLankan Airlines are preparing to host upto 60 travel bloggers from across the world as part of the Cinnamon Travel Bloggers conference “Sri Lanka- Cinnamon TBCasia” from June 2 to 7. This year a novel component has been introduced, which is the Cinnamon Travel Blogger awards, the resort chain in Sri Lanka said in a media release.
Picture shows the three winners of Cinnamon TBCasia tour of Sri Lanka displaying their prize. Standing from left: Sunimal Senanayake- sector head, leisure resorts in Sri Lanka and Maldives at Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts; Paddy Withana - Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority; Monika Roozen - Mum on the Brink blog (winner); John Amaratunga - Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs; Brendan Van Son - Brendan’s Adventures blog (winner); Annika Ziehen - Midnight Blue Elephant blog (winner); and Ajith Dias- Chairman, SriLankan Airlines
Of the selected bloggers who will travel to Sri Lanka for Cinnamon TBCasia, 30 award finalists were recently announced at an event held at ITB in Germany. Three lucky bloggers who attended the event also won a raffle draw prize with a fully-hosted trip to Sri Lanka and the chance to attend Cinnamon TBCasia courtesy of Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts and SriLankan Airlines.
Cinnamon TBCasia is the only travel bloggers conference around the world to have a four day pre-conference tour for all hosted bloggers. Following the successful completion of the event held in 2014, the event is now scheduled to take place in June 2016 with the inclusion of Cinnamon Travel Blogger Awards – that recognises the contribution and role that travel bloggers play in the travel and tourism industry.
The 60 bloggers come from key generating markets such as the United Kingdom, China, India, Germany and France.
Dileep Mudadeniya, head of brand marketing at Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts, said, “Cinnamon TBCasia is an incredible opportunity for anyone involved in digital content creation and global marketing to connect with some of the world’s most influential bloggers, but also to hear from leading international speakers on issues and opportunities in blogging”.